Milk-bottle retainer



I. V. CANNIZZARO.

MILK BOTTLE RETAINER. l APPLICATION FILED FEB-7,1921. 1,394,142, Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

UNITED STATES JAMES V. CANNIZZARO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MILK-BOTTLE RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

'Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application led February 7, 1921. Serial No. 443,004.

T o all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JAMES V. CANNIzzARo, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at New York city, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Milk- Bottle Retainer, 'of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a milk bottle retainer adapted to be iixed in position in any con-V venient location to receive the neck of a milk bottle when brought into cooperation therewith by the milkman and to automatically lock the milk bottle in position until it is released through the employment oi a key in the possession of the housekeeper.

It has been heretofore proposed to provide milk bottle holders in the form of a box or casing into which a milk bottle is adapted to be deposited,`and bottle retainers have also been suggested which grip the neck of the bottle. However, in the iirst instance, the box had to be made quite large and unsightly, and in the second instance, the boxes Vwere invariably made with an open side, and the box had to be placed adjacent a window or door which normally served to close the open side and had to be open in order to remove the milk bottle from the box.

The object of the present invention is to provide a milk bottle retainer which will grip the neck of the bottle, when such neck is projected through an opening in the box and will serve to tightly maintain the bottle in position until the gripping means is released by a key. The box of the present invention may be positioned in any convenient place and is not dependent upon its operation for cooperation with a window ordoor. It may be Secured to a solid wall and at a point distant from a door or window.

Features of the invention, other than those speciied, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read. in conjunction with the accom panying drawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the present invention, but the construction therein shown is to be understood as illustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of a milk bottle retainer embodying the present invention, parts of the walls forming the same being broken away to more clearly show the interior of the box; and,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a box or casinoV which may be of any desired shape or configuration and may be formed of wood or metal as desired. The invention enables this box to be made quite small, whereby it may be readily mounted by screws or brackets on any iixed support in a simple and convenient manner.

The bottom of the box is provided with a hole 2 of a size to permit the neck of the milk bottle to be projected upwardly through the hole and into the box whereby it may be brought into engagement with the retaining means 'for precluding its withdrawal by unauthorized persons.

To this end, the box is provided interiorly with a pair of hinged retaining flaps 3. These iiaps are hinged to plates 4, which are secured tothe bottom of the box by screws 5. The free edge of each flap is curved as shown and leaic springs 6 cooperate with the flaps to normally hold them flat against the bottom of the box in a position to project toward one another and overlie the margins of the hole 2 in the bottom.

It will'be apparent that with this construct-ion, the flaps 3 will yield when the neck ci a milk bottle is thrust through the hole until the enlarged bead at the mouth of the bottle has passed, whereupon the springs 6 will cause the fiaps to swing back and preclude the withdrawal ot the bottle. Thus the milkman positions the bottle in cooperative relation with the box and leaves it in this position, wherein it is locked against surreptitious removal, until withdrawn by an authorized person.

The withdrawal of the bottle from the box by the housekeeper is accomplished through the use of a key 7, whichis adapted to be passed through a key hole 8 and into cooperative relation with lock mechanism 9. This lock mechanism embodies a bolt 10, having a cut out portion 11, in which the key operates, so that as the key is rotated in one direction, the bolt l0 is depressed, while when operated in the other direction, the bolt l0 is raised. One or more wards l2 may be associated with the lock if desired.

The bolt is guided for sliding movement in ott" set portions of straps 13 and bears at its lower end against one end of a lever or VY2o rocking plate llf The lever or rocking plate lei is` provided with trunnions l5 intermediate its ends and these tru-nnions-pass'through vwill effect arraising ofltheother end of said plate and an upwardv tilting'. of the retaining iiaps 3, for the purpose of swinging said Yflaps back suliciently far to permit of the removal of thevmilkpbottle. Rotation of the key inftheother direction will `cause the lkey to engage with the upper .portion of the cutout part il andv to return to normal position with the consequent return or" the i'iaps 3 to ythe normal depressed position.

In practice,"the springs 6 may serve to return the parts to their normal position without requiring manual rotation of the key.

In the manner described the milkman Vleavesthe milk bottle locked by its neck in Y. the hole 2 to be subsequently released by the housekeeper through the employment of the key 7. v

For the purpose of illustration, a box l with only .one hole V2 is shown, whereby itis Vadapted to securev only one bottle in place.

However, in practice, the box may be made l longer with holes at spaced distances along its bottom so that more than onebottle may be retained by the same box.

The box is made tight at the joints and without any doors or other closures which require opening for any reason whatsoever.

the opening in the bottom of the box and in this way entirely protects the top of the bottle from dust and dirt. Y

Having thus fully described 'the invention, whatv l claim as new and desire to secure by vLetters Patent is l. A milkbottle retainer embodying a casing provided in its bottom with an aperture through which the neck otra milk bottle is adapted tobe passed, afplurality of pivotedtla'ps, positioned interiorly of the casing, :andextendi-ng radially overithe mar; gin o-the opening, tor the purpose of grip ping the Vneck of a milk ,bottle `and precluding its lsurreptitious removal, `a pivoted plate, one end of which extends beneath the pivoted flaps vand a keyroperated bo'ltcooperating with the other end of `the plate and adapted to operate upon the plate to tilt the flaps in a position to release the bottle. c v

2. A, milkbottle retainer embodying a box provided at its kbottom with a hole, through which the neck oi a milk kbottle may be passed, a pair of hinged flaps positioned at the oppositesides of the hole and mounted on .the interior of the box, so' as to project over the margin of the hole, springs yfor normally maintaining the flaps in depressed l condition to grip the neck olabottle passed through the hole, a key operated bolt, and lirst class lever, one varmjofY which extends beneath the pivoted flaps'ancl-fthe other'arm ot which cooperates withgthe bolt,`whereby the bolt is adapted, whenfoperatedv upon by a key, to tilt the lever and effect a tilting of the pivoted flaps to release the bottle. ln testimony whereof, I have signedmy name tothiss oecilication. e

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